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Investing News 8 January 2026

ASX Limited (ASX:ASX) shares jump 2% on Goldman upgrade as December activity stays firm

ASX Limited (ASX:ASX) shares jump 2% on Goldman upgrade as December activity stays firm

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 17:46 AEDT — Market closed ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) shares rose 2% to A$52.14 on Thursday after Goldman Sachs analyst Julian Braganza upgraded the Australian exchange operator to neutral from sell, StreetInsider reported. The stock traded between A$51.41 and A$52.33, while the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ended up 0.29%. Intelligent Investor+2StreetInsider.com+2 The upgrade matters because ASX’s earnings move with market activity. More trades and bigger capital raisings lift fees across its trading, clearing and settlement businesses, and those revenue lines can turn fast. A fresh monthly activity report has given investors another datapoint on that pipeline, at a
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Nifty, Sensex slide again on Trump tariff threat and foreign selling — plus 3 stock buys for Jan 8

Nifty, Sensex slide again on Trump tariff threat and foreign selling — plus 3 stock buys for Jan 8

MUMBAI, Jan 8, 2026, 12:06 IST Indian shares slipped again on Thursday, with the Nifty 50 down 0.18% at 26,093.35 and the Sensex off 0.13% at 84,847.3 by 9:55 a.m. local time, as tariff worries and foreign fund selling kept risk appetite thin. Reuters The move matters because investors are heading into a key stretch of quarterly results while the market’s biggest driver has drifted back to geopolitics. Traders are watching New Delhi’s negotiations with Washington, after U.S. President Donald Trump warned of higher tariffs on Indian goods over India’s Russian oil purchases. Foreign investors sold 15.28 billion rupees ($170.26
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Why Macquarie Group stock (ASX:MQG) rose today: filings, funding and the next catalyst

Why Macquarie Group stock (ASX:MQG) rose today: filings, funding and the next catalyst

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 17:21 (AEDT) — Market closed Macquarie Group Ltd stock (MQG.AX) ended Thursday up 0.9% at A$208.69, after trading between A$206.56 and A$210.09. Turnover of about 557,000 shares was roughly half its three-month average, according to Investing.com. Investing.com The move comes as investors hunt for early clues on where the bank is putting money and how its client flows look in the new year. Macquarie runs a big asset manager and a markets business that can swing with funding costs and risk appetite. Those cross-currents are back in focus after a choppy start to January in rates
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DroneShield Limited stock slips as JPMorgan drops off the 5% holder list — what investors watch next

DroneShield Limited stock slips as JPMorgan drops off the 5% holder list — what investors watch next

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 17:15 AEDT — Market closed DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO) shares ended down 1.0% at A$3.85 on Thursday after a filing showed JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates had ceased to be a “substantial holder” of the counter-drone technology firm. The stock swung between A$3.62 and A$3.92 and traded about 21 million shares; it is still up about 16% this week after an 18% jump on Tuesday. Investing.com+1 Why this matters now: the register is back in focus while DroneShield works through a governance clean-up and investors try to pin down who is really holding the stock
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Westpac shares rebound after inflation cools — here’s what markets watch next

Westpac shares rebound after inflation cools — here’s what markets watch next

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 17:23 AEDT — Market closed Westpac Banking Corp shares (WBC.AX) last traded at A$38.01, up 1.3% on Thursday, paring losses from earlier in the week as investors weighed softer inflation against a still-wary central bank tone. Intelligent Investor The move matters because Australia’s big banks have been trading day-to-day as a proxy for the interest-rate path. Data showed annual consumer inflation slowed to 3.4% in November from 3.8% in October, while the trimmed mean — a core measure that strips out big price swings — eased to 3.2%. The next major read, December-quarter CPI, is due
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CSL Limited (ASX:CSL) shares jump 2.6% as healthcare bounces; three dates investors circle

CSL Limited (ASX:CSL) shares jump 2.6% as healthcare bounces; three dates investors circle

SYDNEY, Jan 8, 2026, 16:50 AEDT — Market closed CSL Limited shares closed up 2.6% at A$174.45 on Thursday, after trading between A$172.03 and A$175.10. The stock is still down about 39% over the past year and has ranged between roughly A$168 and A$289 over that period. Investing.com The gain helped steady Australia’s heavyweight healthcare name as the S&P/ASX 200 ended up 0.3% at 8,720. The Australian dollar was about 0.3% lower at 67.02 U.S. cents in late trade. ABC Part of the lift came from a broader bounce in battered pockets of the market, with healthcare up about 1.2%
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Lynas Rare Earths share price slips after export-curb rally as traders eye Jan. 21 update

Lynas Rare Earths share price slips after export-curb rally as traders eye Jan. 21 update

Sydney, Jan 8, 2026, 16:50 AEDT — Market closed Lynas Rare Earths (LYC.AX) fell 5.4% to A$14.24 on Thursday, giving back part of a sharp rally the day before as investors reassessed how far the latest China-Japan export row can run. The stock swung between A$14.22 and A$15.41 and traded 8.36 million shares, after a 14.5% jump on Wednesday on heavier volume. Investing.com The moves matter because investors are again pricing in the risk of tighter rare earth supply. China this week banned exports of “dual-use” items to Japan — goods and tech that can serve civilian and military ends
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 08.01.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: January 8, 2026, 12:00 AM ESTUpdated: January 8, 2026, 11:59 PM EST Royalty Pharma Undervalued on DCF Despite 1-Year Rally (RPRX) January 8, 2026, 11:59 PM EST. RPRX trades at $40.26, after a 40% return in the last year. A Discounted Cash Flow model-using a 2-stage Free Cash Flow to Equity framework-yields an intrinsic value around $179.83 a share, implying the stock is about 77.6% undervalued versus today. The model assumes TTM FCF of roughly $429.4 million and forecasts growth to about $4.2 billion by 2030. On a multiples basis, the stock trades at P/E 22.49x, above
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Honeywell stock slides below $200 as Wells Fargo trims target and new contracts land

Honeywell stock slides below $200 as Wells Fargo trims target and new contracts land

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 20:55 EST — Market closed Honeywell International Inc (HON) shares fell about 2.7% to close at $199.51 on Wednesday, slipping back below the $200 mark. Trading volume was about 5.1 million shares. The Wall Street Journal The drop comes ahead of Honeywell’s fourth-quarter results and its first look at 2026 guidance — the company’s financial forecast — due on Jan. 29 before the Nasdaq opens. Honeywell Wells Fargo analyst Joseph O’Dea cut his price target on Honeywell to $215 from $218 and kept an Equal Weight rating, a hold-style stance on the shares. He pointed
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Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) stock jumps on UBS upgrade as investors look to January catalysts

Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY) stock jumps on UBS upgrade as investors look to January catalysts

New York, January 7, 2026, 20:54 (EST) — Market closed Bristol Myers Squibb shares rose 4.2% to $56.72 on Wednesday after UBS upgraded the drugmaker to buy and lifted its price target to $65 from $46. TipRanks The call matters now because big drugmakers are trying to convince investors they can bridge the next few years of patent losses without giving up growth later. Bristol Myers has been a litmus test for that trade: steady cash flows, but an earnings gap investors do not want to underwrite blindly. UBS analyst Michael Yee said the stock’s “risk/reward ratio” is “skewed… to
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Rocket Companies stock holds near 52-week high after Barclays target hike; mortgage apps drop

Rocket Companies stock holds near 52-week high after Barclays target hike; mortgage apps drop

NEW YORK, Jan 7, 2026, 20:42 EST — Market closed Rocket Companies, Inc. (RKT) shares closed up 0.3% at $21.28 on Wednesday, extending a sharp first-week run that included a 6.1% jump on Monday. The stock swung between $20.90 and $22.05 and traded more than 41 million shares, according to StockAnalysis. StockAnalysis The mortgage lender sits in a corner of the market where small shifts in rate expectations can hit volumes fast. Traders are watching for proof that lower borrowing costs can turn into more refinancing and purchase activity, not just better headlines. RKT is within about 6% of its
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Carvana stock rises after Vanguard stake filing as Jefferies flags December sales pickup

Carvana stock rises after Vanguard stake filing as Jefferies flags December sales pickup

New York, Jan 7, 2026, 19:55 ET — After-hours Carvana Co (CVNA) shares rose on Wednesday after a filing showed The Vanguard Group held an 11.86% stake in the online used-car retailer at the end of 2025. The stock closed up about 2.4% at $450.78 and was up around 0.1% at $451.26 in extended trading as of 7:54 p.m. ET. MarketBeat The disclosures land as investors keep looking for clean reads on demand and positioning in a stock that has swung hard with the tape. Carvana nearly doubled in 2025 and joined the S&P 500 in December, drawing steady index-fund
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Stock Market Today

Ashtead share price in focus as buyback rolls on and NYSE switch clocks closer

Ashtead share price in focus as buyback rolls on and NYSE switch clocks closer

7 February 2026
Ashtead shares closed Friday at 4,936p, up 1.09%, after the company bought 88,872 shares under its repurchase program. The group is set to shift its primary listing to New York on March 2, pending court approval, and will be removed from the FTSE UK index the same day. Ashtead paid a half-year dividend of 37.5 U.S. cents per share on Friday.
Beazley share price: big funds reshuffle stakes as Zurich bid deadline nears

Beazley share price: big funds reshuffle stakes as Zurich bid deadline nears

7 February 2026
Beazley shares closed flat at 1,236 pence Friday as BlackRock disclosed a 6.55% stake and Vanguard reported 5.02%. Wellington Management cut its holding below 5%. The disclosures follow Zurich Insurance’s possible takeover offer of up to 1,335 pence per share, with a Feb. 16 deadline for a firm bid.
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